"Kekk!" Liam was shocked when two arms suddenly hugged her shoulders.
But when the scent of orchids came to her nose, she calmed down.
It was Ren Shou.
Liam turned to look at him.
Ren Shou's face was so near as he put his chin on her shoulder.
"Wangfei." Ren Shou's manly voice with a tinge of hopelessness made Liam had goosebumps all over her body.
"Y-yes?"
'Hey, don't do that, boy! This granny was weak against your breathing aphrodisiac.'
Liam gulped as her naughty mind reminisced 'that' night.
T-they would not do that, right? Not now, right? Not now, really. She was not waiting for it. She was not expecting it. She was not excited. She wasn't really.
She was a well-mannered granny. Right. She was a well-mannered granny.
This intimate action of Ren Shou made Liam's mind turned into chaos. Tsk.
"What...are you.." Ren Shou spoke slowly.
"..planning.." So slowly that Liam's beating heart skipped a beat. Not now, right? Not now, really. They had just done 'it' the other day.
"..." Ren Shou was really taking his time to speak. Or to be precise, he was hesitating to ask this.
"..tonight?" Liam completed his sentence for him.
"Huh?" Ren Shou suddenly asked. What's with tonight?
"You are asking me..ehem..what are planning to ehem..tonight?" Liam embarrassedly said. She was just completing his sentence for him.
"Huh?" Ren Shou doesn't understand. That's not what he was going to ask, though.
"Huh?" Liam asked back. Was he not..asking that? Or suggesting to do 'that' tonight?
Ren Shou stayed silent for a while. Then he decided to go to the flow to what Liam was saying.
"What are you planning tonight?" He asked this innocently without any embarrassment. He was just really plainly asking this.
Liam, who finally understood that she mistook those words gone red. What was she thinking?! Her dirty mind!
It was good that this man had a clean mind and innocent in these kinds of things. Though, he was not naive anymore, courtesy of Liam. If he knows, Liam would indeed feel embarrassed ten times more.
"Cough." Liam coughed to erase her embarrassment.
"I am planning for a great event. This was the first party that we will host. We only have few days left." Liam said.
"Oh." Ren Shou then peeked at Liam's writing in the table. He was still hugging her. Then he was stunned when he saw the drawings on the paper.
"Wow, Wangfei. You are a good artist. What is this? This is the first time I saw this." Ren Shou asked as she curiously looked at the drawing on the table.
"Fufufu~ these things would come alive at the party," Liam said mysteriously.
"A party?"
"Yeah, a party means a celebration," Liam explained.
"Hmm. That's the first time I heard it. Does that term come from your mother's hometown?"
Liam smiled while reminiscing the past.
"Hmm. You can say that."
Ren Shou looked at her.
"Wangfei."
"Hmm?"
"I...am treating you sincerely..are you treating me sincerely too?" Ren Shou's heart was beating fast. He was nervous.
Liam was taken aback by this question. She watched his beautiful dark eyes that have a tinge of slight tremble in them.
"Why are you suddenly asking that? Is something bothering you?" Liam asked this instead.
Ren Shou looked down and hugged her more.
"Wangfei, I...I am afraid you are siding with the emperor. Are you?"
Liam suddenly got it. Yeah, even she concealed it, Ren Shou would notice that the emperor was using her against him.
"Ren Sou."
"Hmm?"
"I promised you before that I will treat you kindly. And I don't break promises. Of course, I will treat my husband kindly than the emperor. Trust me, okay?" Liam smiled. She was serious. She looked like she was playing right now. But she was only taking the opportunity to take advantage of goldie's scheme. But she still has principles in her hand over her fun.
Ren Shou's doubt and hesitation suddenly cleared up. He kissed Liam's smooth cheek.
"I know. But I am glad I heard it from you."
Liam felt his warm breath.
Sigh. Teenage blood was not really good for her health.
*****
There were only three days left before the party would begin.
As the Ren Residence was busy with the preparations, a letter in the Empress courtyard was delivered.
Her Majesty was currently taking a sweet massage from her little servants when the Mama entered and bowed.
"Your Majesty, a letter from the Ren Residence came. It was from Lady Ren."
The Empress opened her eyes. Three days ago, the emperor visited her and told her to look out for Lady's Ren letter. He gave her the task to communicate with Lady Ren in the disguise of friendly letters.
The Empress shut her eyes again. She let Mama kneeled on the floor for a while. After some time, she dismissed the servants. Only she and Mama was left.
The Empress spoke.
"Read it for me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The head servant slowly opened the letter.
"Dear Your Majesty,
Your beauty was peerless, and your grace could not just contain the whole Ren Empire, but it reached to the moon and made the other stars hide from your glory." The Mama was stunned. This first sentence was really..how could she describe it..it was really... words that make one happy and feel great? Or was it too much?
The Mama peeked at the Empress. She was more shocked when she saw the empress smiled.
'Did she really believe that?!'
"Is that it?" The Empress frowned when the Mama stopped reading.
"Ah..there's still more, Your majesty."
"Continue then." The Empress was irritated.
"Ehem.
Your every move was graceful and full of dignity that makes one ashamed of their own smell.." Huh? The Mama who was experienced really felt that this letter contained nonsense. But seeing the Empress smiling and closing her eyes for this nonsense made Mama continued and set aside her prejudice. She doesn't want to be beheaded.
"Your breath can make one's heart skipped a beat, and not by hearing your voice, men will surely die.." This was really nonsense. But the Empress laughed.
"Fufu~ Am I that really great? "
"Ehem...
The whole Empire of the Ren Dynasty is really fortunate that our Mighty Empress is guiding the entire Empire. This humble one is really fortunate to witness your beauty, to hear your magnetic and sing-song voice, and to be graced by your presence. If I was a man, I would surely fall in love with you. Oh, the moon of the Empire.." The Mama frowned at this. Preposterous! Someone can actually write nonsense and such mockery to the empire's empress. But contrary to her thoughts, The empress laughed while picking up the mirror.
"Fufu~ I know, right."
The Mama turned blank.